Dakota Wesleyan Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Dakota Wesleyan University, 33 on-campus, 3 public property, and 33 residence halls were reported. The following table summarizes campus safety/security matters by location and types for the calendar year 2023.

The criminal and safety related action rate per 1,000 students is 40.36. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 37.00. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 0.00 at Dakota Wesleyan.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Criminal Offenses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Disciplinary Actions	36	33	-	3	33	-	40.36
VAWA³	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hate Crimes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	36	33	-	3	33	-	40.36
Rate Per 1000 Students	40.36	37.00	-	3.36	37.00	-	-

¹ The counts on Residence Halls are included in on-campus statistics.

² Reported by local police.

³ VAWA: Violence Against Women Act

Campus Safety Matters By Year at Dakota Wesleyan

The following table shows the number of incidents related to campus safety for last three years. The numbers only includes on-campus issues for Dakota Wesleyan main campus.

Dakota Wesleyan Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	42	0	1	41	0	0	0
2022	40 -2	0 -	0 -1	40 -1	0 -	0 -	0 -
2023	36 -4	0 -	0 -	36 -4	0 -	0 -	0 -

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Dakota Wesleyan University, 36 disciplinary actions are reported including weapons: carrying, possessing, etc., drug law violation, and liquor law violation.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	36	33	-	3	33
Liquor Law Violation	36	33	-	3	33

¹ The counts on Residence Halls are included in on-campus statistics.

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How Safe and Secure Dakota Wesleyan University Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at Dakota Wesleyan

Arrests Statistics By Location and Violation Types

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

Violence Against Women Act(VAWA) Statistics By Location and Violation Types

Hate Crimes Statistics By Location, crime types, and bias

Fires in Residence Halls